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I've already started my gluten-free diet, and I feel AMAZING! It's only been a week, and I've got a few lingering issues but my energy level has skyrocketed.

I'm just curious though, if I should rely on this solely? Or what to bring up with my doc tomorrow at my check up? I'm sure he's going to want to know how my migraines are doing (gone - been gone for a month now!), and what I did to help this issue.

I've still got some constipation issues, and some muscle & joint soreness (and I haven't even been to the gym!), but the nausea is completely gone!! That's AMAZING to me! LOL! I was seriously beginning to think I was pregnant again. I'm sleeping like a rock.

If I do decide to go the test route... then I've got to go back on gluten... right? That would suck... lol.

Anyway it could be a food intolerance to gluten/wheat and not celiac. If you have insurance it might be a good idea so you don't have to starve yourself of gluten out of your diet (although a wheat diet is hard enough..)

I think you have to be consuming gluten to get the most out of your tests and they're not the most accurate anyway..but the first step would be to do a celiac blood panel.

Anyway hope you're feeling better! I'm also trying a gluten free diet and i'm still dealing with IBS-C...maybe that's from SIBO? I don't know but hope we both continue to improve!

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BTW, you don't have to kill yourself with gluten. A bowl of pasta or a slice of bread or a couple of crackers each day is enough. You don't have to eat gluten at every meal. Remember, every time you eat gluten, those antibodies are being deposited under your skin. Once there, they are like little grenades just sitting until something triggers them to explode so don't eat any more gluten than what it takes to get the job done.
Also, you could read this for when the...

https://celiac.org/about-celiac-disease/related-conditions/dermatitis-herpetiformis/
I would also print this out & bring it b/c the diagnostic criteria in regards to dh & celiac changed in 2012. Since then, all that is required is a positive dh biopsy -- no further testing is needed.
http://www.cureceliacdisease.org/faq/can-a-skin-biopsy-for-dermatitis-herpetiformis-dh-confirm-celiac-disease-or-is-an-endoscopy-still-needed/

I can not give you any advice about the photos because I am not a doctor. Is this your 4th endoscopy in four years? (Previously you stated that you were diagnosed as a Marsh Stage III and that you have never been less than a Marsh Stage II due to your not adhering to a gluten free diet.)
The one biopsy that was taken of the duodenum might reveal more as celiac disease can be microscopic. Let’s hope it is better than a Stage II, but honestly, it takes more time ...